Rev. Witherell's father

William Wetherell
Male
1565–20 May 1621

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https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LZ29-ZF9/william-wetherell-15...

Brief Life History of William
When William Wetherell was born in 1565, in York, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Wetherill, was 35 and his mother, Margaret Smithe, was 20. He married Ufn Rogers in 1589, in Maidstone, Kent, England. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 20 May 1621, in St Martin Ludgate, London, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 56, and was buried in Surrey, England, United Kingdom.

Spouse

William Wetherell
Male
1565–1621

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Male

Ufn Rogers
Female
1570–1635

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Female

Marriage
1589
Maidstone, Kent, England

Children (4)

Sarah Wetherell
Female
1589–1664

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Female

John Wetherell
Male
1594–1672

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Male

William Witherell
Male
1597–Deceased

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Male

Rev. William Wetherell II
Male
1600–1684

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Male

Parents

John Wetherill
Male
1530–1625

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Male

Margaret Smithe
Female
1545–1622

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Female

Siblings (1)

William Wetherell
Male
1565–1621

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Male

The following is from Threlfall, Twenty-six great migration colonists to New England & their origins, 1993:

"There has been an effort, in several genealogical monographs, to assign William Witherell to various families. Peter Charles Witherell and Edwin Ralph Witherell's well documented "History and Genealogy of the Witherell/Wetherell Family of New England" repeats the tradition that he was a descendant of Rev. John Rogers the Martyr of Smithfield, but there is no reason to believe this. It has also been suggested by Savage, as well as others, that Rev. William was related to Sarah, the wife of Stephen Fosdick (1584-1664), and that he was a brother to John Wetherell of Watertown, and an uncle of William Witherell of Taunton, Mass. All of these claims have no proven basis. Most likely the discovery of William Witherell's birthplace will resolve these questions."

Earlier, Threlfell notes that our William seems to be from the Yorkshire area of England -- as it seems he moved to Kent for a job after he got his Mastres. Venn's "Alumni Cantabrigienses" notes: [he] matriculated sizar from Corpus Christi, Easter 1619. Of Yorkshire. B.A. 1622/3; M.A. 1626; Schoolmaster of Maidstone..."

Fifteen years later, researches have still not found his origins (Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635 (Boston, Mass.: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 2008), 7: 317-22.)